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Tue Jan 27 18:42:25 2004 UTC (20 years, 3 months ago) by matthew
Branches: MAIN
CVS tags: version_1_3_X, version_1_3_3, version_1_3_2, version_1_3_1, version_1_3_0, version_1_2_X, version_1_2_99_1, version_1_2_99_0, version_1_2_1, version_1_2_0, version_1_1_99_5, version_1_1_99_4, version_1_1_99_3, version_1_1_99_2, version_1_1_99_1, version_1_1_99_0, HEAD
Initial commit of utility routine to remove a key from a *.db file.

    1: #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    2: #
    3: # The LearningOnline Network
    4: #
    5: # excise_from_db.pl - Remove a key from a db file.
    6: #
    7: # $Id: excise_from_db.pl,v 1.1 2004/01/27 18:42:25 matthew Exp $
    8: #
    9: # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
   10: #
   11: # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
   12: #
   13: # LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   14: # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   15: # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   16: # (at your option) any later version.
   17: #
   18: # LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   19: # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   20: # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   21: # GNU General Public License for more details.
   22: #
   23: # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   24: # along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
   25: # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
   26: #
   27: # /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
   28: #
   29: # http://www.lon-capa.org/
   30: #
   31: #################################################
   32: use strict;
   33: use GDBM_File;
   34: 
   35: #
   36: # Options
   37: my $fname = shift;
   38: my $key = shift;
   39: 
   40: my %db;
   41: if (! tie(%db,'GDBM_File',$fname,&GDBM_WRITER,0640)) {
   42:     warn "Unable to tie to $fname";
   43:     next;
   44: }
   45: delete($db{$key});
   46: delete($db{&escape($key)});
   47: 
   48: untie %db;
   49: 
   50: exit;
   51: 
   52: ######################################
   53: sub escape {
   54:     my $str=shift;
   55:     $str =~ s/(\W)/"%".unpack('H2',$1)/eg;
   56:     return $str;
   57: }
   58: 
   59: sub unescape {
   60:     my $str=shift;
   61:     $str =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
   62:     return $str;
   63: }
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